[Striiker]

I'd say go for the race that interests you. If you played a DE on live, a benefit of rolling an Iksar now is that you'll experience content new to you as you'll be starting in a new city / continent. The major downside to the Iksar is that they are KOS pretty much everywhere. You can fix this with faction work but it can be tedious. Don't worry over the XP penalties and focus on enjoying the game..
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